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Specification of- Letters Patent. Patented I le 1'7, 1919.

Application filed February 8, 1918. Serial No. 216,081. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALFRED HOUSEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of El Paso, county of El Paso, State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Taming-Shuts tles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompany? ing drawing.

he present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shuttles and more particularly to that class designed especially for use in making tatting and the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision in a shuttle of means for winding the thread by crank and gears, and holding the thread by spring tension to prevent fast unwinding while in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shuttle which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efficient in use, and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in-the accompanying drawing forming apart of the present application, and in which; 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof; and

' taken through the central portion of the device. 7

Referring now to the accompanying drawing by corresponding characters of reference throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates in general my improved shuttle which consists of a pair of side members 6 curved inwardly toward each other at their ends as at 7 and one of said ends being elongated to form a pick 7- for use in handling yarn.

A drum is shown at 8 and is journaled on a stub shaft 9 which connects the opposite side members 6 intermediate their ends and holds them in their normal position.

The opposite ends of the drum 8 areprovided with suitable flanges 10, one of which is provided with gear teeth 11 around its periphery which mesh with a pinion 12 secured to one of the side members in spaced relation to the shaft 9.

The gear 12 is provided with an angular recess 13 therein which removably receives one end of an operating crank shown at 14.

The gear 12 is provided with a sleeve 15 which extends through an opening 16 formed in the said side member while its outer end is riveted as at 17 to prevent the displacement of the gear.

If desired, a suitable gasket shown at 18 may be disposed between the riveted portion 17 of the gear and the adjacent portion of the side member 6.

In order toprevent any retrograde movement of the gears, a spring pawl 19 is provided. This pawl 19 is secured as at 20 to one of the side members and has its free end disposed in engagement with the teeth of the gear 12. It is positioned in such manner that the gear can rotate in either direction.

In use, the thread is wound upon the drum 8 by means of the crank 14, after whlch the crank may or may not be removed as desired and the thread can be taken from the drum and used as desired, the pawl 19 holding the drum undertensionsothat it will prevent any undesired unwinding of. the thread. The pick 7 is of use in unty- I ing knots and otherwise facilitating the" handling of the material being worked.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be manifest thata tattin shuttle is provided which will fulfil all 0 the necessary requirements of such a'devicefand it-: should be understood'in this connection that various minor changes in the specific details of construction can be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without'departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the.

the flanges of the spool a sleeve rotatably site side of the frame and having an angumounted in the frame adjacent said gear lar end to detachably engage said angular teeth, a pinion permanently mounted on the central opening in said sleeve.

inner end of the sleeve and in mesh With GEORGE ALFRED HOUSEMAN.

said gear teeth of the spool, an angular, cen- Witnesses: tral opening formed through said sleeve, a \GowAN JON-Es, crank rotatably mounted through the oppo- RUTH WEST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. .0. 

